Bawa Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been sent to prison for disobeying court order. The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Baba Usman Alkali, to effect Bawa’s arrest and remand him in Kuje prison for the next 14 days until he …
Read More »Falana’s ASCAB threatens nationwide protest over naira, fuel scarcity
Femi Falana The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), a group led by Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has threatened a nationwide demonstration should the Federal Government fail to bring to an end the scarcity of fuel and naira notes in the country. The group, in a statement signed …
Read More »Fidelity grows profit to N52 billion for FY 2022
Fidelity Bank Plc has announced an impressive growth in Profit Before Tax to N52 bn for the Full Year 2022. This was made known in the Bank’s unaudited statement of account presented to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Wednesday, 31 January 2023. According to the regulatory filing, the bank grew …
Read More »Burna Boy loses two awards at Grammy 2023
Burna Boy Burna boy lost two awards he was nominated for at the 2023 Grammy Awards, The award ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday. South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode defeated Burna Boy’s Last Last to claim the award for the …
Read More »Fuel price: No plans to shutdown stations – IPMAN
Selling fuel at a petrol station The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied reports that marketers will cease operations once the government implements the N195 per litre pump price on Monday. Mr Mike Osatuyi, IPMAN’s National Operations Controller, clarified this in a statement released on Monday, in …
Read More »PSC appoints three DIGs, suspends promotion of 19 senior officers
IGP Alkali Usman The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of three Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) to the rank of Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs). A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, the head of press and public relations of PSC on Sunday in Abuja, said the …
Read More »Air Force jet crash-lands at Lagos airport
File photo: Scene of Air Force jet crash Passengers onboard a Nigerian Air Force jet, on Monday, crash-landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. A source said the aircraft crash-landed on Runway 18R at the airport on Monday. Reports said there were six people on board and that there …
Read More »Zamfara Labour Party deputy gov candidate, senatorial candidates, others join APC
Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate, three senatorial candidates and seven candidates for House of Representatives have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State. The deputy governorship candidate, Alhaji Sule Dansadau; Yahaya Audi Mafara, the Zamfara West senatorial candidate; Alhaji Sani Yusuf …
Read More »Man City Charged By Premier League Over Financial Breaches
Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League with numerous alleged breaches of financial rules from the 2009-10 to the 2017-18 campaign. A statement issued by the Premier League on Monday said the club have breached league rules requiring provision “in utmost good faith” …
Read More »Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara States Takes FG To Supreme Court Over Naira Swap Deadline
Old and Redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 Notes The governments of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara States have asked the Supreme Court to restrain the Central Bank of Nigeria from implementing its naira redesign policy which fixed February 10 as the deadline for the use of old notes. The suit was …
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